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GEIR MOULSON

GEIR MOULSON

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Global automakers say Trump's tariffs will be painful for them and US consumers

Whatever domestic economic gain comes from U.S. President Donald Trump’s new 25% tax on imported cars – and experts are skeptical – automakers around the world are bracing for a lot of pain

Global automakers say Trump's tariffs will be painful for them and US consumers
Economy|Election|Environment|Europe|Political

Germany's likely next leader wins parliament's backing for huge defense and infrastructure spending

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the nation’s strict debt rules for higher defense spending as doubts mount about the strength of the trans-Atlantic alliance, and to set up an enormous fund for investment in its creaking infrastructure

Germany's likely next leader wins parliament's backing for huge defense and infrastructure spending
Economy|Election|Europe|Political|World

Austria's new government takes office after a record 5-month wait

Austria’s new government has taken office after an unprecedented five-month wait for a new administration

Austria's new government takes office after a record 5-month wait
Election|Europe|Political

The biggest takeaways from Germany's election, which will bring change to the EU's leading power

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s election

The biggest takeaways from Germany's election, which will bring change to the EU's leading power
Crime|Economy|Election|Europe|Political

Conservative opposition wins German election and the far right is 2nd with strongest postwar result

Projections show German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in Sunday's national election

Conservative opposition wins German election and the far right is 2nd with strongest postwar result
Economy|Election|Europe|Political|World

Leading contenders make their final appeals to German voters before a landmark election

The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters

Leading contenders make their final appeals to German voters before a landmark election
Election|Europe|Political

Germany votes Sunday for a new government that will shape Europe's response to an assertive Trump

German voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a parliament that will determine who runs the country for the next four years

Germany votes Sunday for a new government that will shape Europe's response to an assertive Trump
Crime|Europe|World

German prosecutors investigate possible Islamic extremist motive for Munich car-ramming attack

Authorities say the suspect in the car-ramming attack in Munich that injured 39 people appears to have had an Islamic extremist motive, but there’s no evidence that he was involved with any radical network

German prosecutors investigate possible Islamic extremist motive for Munich car-ramming attack
Crime|Europe|Political

A driver plows into a demonstration in Munich, injuring 30 people

A driver drove a car into a labor union demonstration in central Munich on Thursday, injuring 30 people including children, authorities said

A driver plows into a demonstration in Munich, injuring 30 people
Election|Europe|Political

A far-right party saw a historic surge in support in Germany's election. Here's what to know

Alternative for Germany has surged to the best showing by a far-right party since World War II in the national election and became the strongest political force in parts of the country

A far-right party saw a historic surge in support in Germany's election. Here's what to know
Americas|Economy|Environment|Political|World

Corruption survey gives many nations worst scores in over a decade. South Sudan slides to the bottom

Many countries have their worst showing in more than a decade in an index that serves as a barometer of public sector corruption worldwide

Corruption survey gives many nations worst scores in over a decade. South Sudan slides to the bottom
Europe|Political

Former German President Horst Köhler dies at 81

Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before stunning the country by resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about the country’s military, has died

Former German President Horst Köhler dies at 81
Crime|Election|Europe|Political

German opposition's migration bill narrowly defeated amid controversy over far-right support

Germany's parliament has narrowly rejected an opposition-sponsored bill calling for tougher rules on migration that risked becoming the first draft legislation to pass thanks to a far-right party

German opposition's migration bill narrowly defeated amid controversy over far-right support
Election|Europe|Political

Merkel criticizes German front-runner Merz over migration vote with far-right support

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany’s election next month, for putting to parliament proposals for tough new migration rules that only passed with the help of a far-right party

Merkel criticizes German front-runner Merz over migration vote with far-right support
Crime|Election|Europe|Political

German parliament backs election front-runner's call for tough border rules with far-right support

Germany’s parliament has narrowly approved a call by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger to turn back many more migrants at the country’s borders, with the help of a far-right party

German parliament backs election front-runner's call for tough border rules with far-right support
Crime|Election|Europe|Political

Scholz's challenger vows tough border rules as attack puts migration in German election spotlight

Germany’s opposition leader has vowed to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected as chancellor next month

Scholz's challenger vows tough border rules as attack puts migration in German election spotlight
Crime|Europe|World

2 people are killed in a knife attack in Germany. Scholz says there must be consequences

Two people, including a two-year-old boy, have been killed and three others were injured in a stabbing attack in Bavaria

Election|Europe|News

German conservative opposition wins 2 state elections, with far-right making gains

Projections show Germany’s center-right opposition winning two state elections at the halfway mark of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular national government, and a far-right party that has been riding high in national polls making gains

German conservative opposition wins 2 state elections, with far-right making gains
Europe|News|World

2 cargo ships have collided off the coast of Germany. At least 1 sailor is dead and 4 are missing

German authorities say two cargo ships have collided in the North Sea off the German coast and one vessel sank

2 cargo ships have collided off the coast of Germany. At least 1 sailor is dead and 4 are missing
Europe|MidEast|News|Political|World

Turkish and German leaders air deep differences on the Israel-Hamas war

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have aired deep differences over the war between Israel and Hamas as the Turkish leader makes a brief and tensely anticipated visit to Berlin

Turkish and German leaders air deep differences on the Israel-Hamas war
News|Opinion|US|World

Henry Kissinger’s complicated legacy draws admiration and scorn from across the globe

The death on Wednesday of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has drawn admiration and scorn from political leaders around the world, highlighting the complicated legacy of Kissinger’s views about what it meant to serve America’s interests during the Cold War — and how the country should exert its influence

Henry Kissinger’s complicated legacy draws admiration and scorn from across the globe
Europe|News|World

What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is marking its 75th anniversary?

Seventy-five years ago on Sunday, the U.N. General Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a meeting in Paris

What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is marking its 75th anniversary?
Europe|News

Germany's government reaches a deal to resolve its budget crisis and keeps up support for Ukraine

Germany’s governing coalition has reached a deal to resolve a budget crisis triggered by a court ruling last month

Germany's government reaches a deal to resolve its budget crisis and keeps up support for Ukraine
Business|Europe|News|Travel

Members of a union representing German train drivers vote for open-ended strikes in bitter dispute

Members of a union representing German train drivers have voted overwhelmingly to stage open-ended strikes in a bitter dispute with the main national railway operator over working hours and pay

Members of a union representing German train drivers vote for open-ended strikes in bitter dispute
Economy|Europe|News

Wolfgang Schaeuble, German elder statesman and finance minister during euro debt crisis, dies at 81

Wolfgang Schaeuble, who helped negotiate German reunification in 1990 and as finance minister was a central figure in the austerity-heavy effort to drag Europe out of its debt crisis two decades later, has died

Wolfgang Schaeuble, German elder statesman and finance minister during euro debt crisis, dies at 81

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